From 9e71847c250b3a4061b59995679b08e7c734d6fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny Lin <danny@kdrag0n.dev>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 02:51:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] HACK: dynamic light/dark theme

---
 macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 8b6b064a9..4ebb87a0c 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     let updaterController: SPUStandardUpdaterController
     let updaterDelegate: UpdaterDelegate = UpdaterDelegate()
     
+    private var appearanceObserver: NSKeyValueObservation? = nil
+    
     override init() {
         terminalManager = TerminalManager(ghostty)
         updaterController = SPUStandardUpdaterController(
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     }
     
     func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
+        updateTerminalTheme()
+        
         // System settings overrides
         UserDefaults.standard.register(defaults: [
             // Disable this so that repeated key events make it through to our terminal views.
@@ -130,6 +134,16 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
             )
         ])
         center.delegate = self
+        
+        appearanceObserver = NSApp.observe(\.effectiveAppearance, options: [.new, .old]) { [weak self] app, change in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            if change.newValue?.name == change.oldValue?.name {
+                return
+            }
+            
+            self.updateTerminalTheme()
+            self.reloadConfig(nil)
+        }
     }
 
     func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ notification: Notification) {
@@ -394,6 +408,13 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         }
     }
     
+    private func updateTerminalTheme() {
+        let configDir = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.config/ghostty"
+        let currentTheme = NSApp.effectiveAppearance.name == .darkAqua ? "dark" : "light"
+        unlink("\(configDir)/theme")
+        symlink("\(configDir)/theme-\(currentTheme)", "\(configDir)/theme")
+    }
+    
     /// Sync the appearance of our app with the theme specified in the config.
     private func syncAppearance() {
         guard let theme = ghostty.config.windowTheme else { return }